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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 August 1840
Sunday
Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Travel · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Building and repairs · Moving house · Breaking ground · Placing the bed · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Opening a grave for reburial
Roofing · Consecrating sacred images · Haircut · Building boats · Digging wells · Building a stove
- Clash
- Ox · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Close
- Lunar mansion
- Hairy Head · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 二黑土
- Fetus god
- 仓库厕 房内东
- Directions
- Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 丁不剃头头必生疮 未不服药毒气入肠
yuè dé hé · mǔ cāng · jīn táng · Jade Hall
yuè shà · yuè xū · xuè zhī · tiān zéi · wǔ xū · bā fēng · bā zhuān
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | Heavenly Punishment | |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Vermilion Bird | |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | Golden Coffer | |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | White Tiger | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Bright Hall | Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed |
The almanac (huangli) is a Chinese folk tradition. Its rules come from historical texts such as the Xieji Bianfang Shu (1739); it is shown here as cultural heritage, not as a prediction or advice.
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